It all started nearly 20 years ago I’ve been delivering training for nearly 20 years and for the first couple of years I struggled to translate the skills I’d been honing as a journalist and PR practitioner into tangible skills that I could clearly define and teach others. I cut my teeth on media skills, …
Rural disconnect a hang-up for opportunity
This opinion piece was originally published in Dubbo Weekender on 12 June 2015 Imagine a world with one billion more mouths to feed, oil free economies fiercely competing for resources and access to clean water, the Yuan as a benchmark currency, and lives more regulated than ever in a digitised, high density living society where …
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Is your social media sick?
I'm preparing to hit the road for 10 days delivering social media training and on the one long weekend that I really just wanted to enjoy time with family, I came down with a head cold. Lying around not feeling like doing anything is a great time to catch up on reading and several blogs …
Creating content that engages your audience
I love winter. Maybe not everything about it, like cold feet and getting out of bed to go to the gym, but after autumn it's my favourite season. However, I know that not everyone feels the same way. So, while I'm gleaning my social media newsfeeds for winter warming recipes and snuggly, warm clothing, others are …
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Networking follow-up using social media
If you have the opportunity to go to an event where you have a chance to meet new and interesting people, you're mad if you don't use that opportunity to make new connections, or reinforce old ones. Using these events as opportunities to meet people in the flesh is an oft forgotten part of …